William Grant & Sons
There are several new key appointments to the company’s US executive team, along with an evolution of its commercial team structure. The commercial unit will be led by Joanne Jones, General Manager-East Region, Richard Frederick, General Manager-West Region, and Marc Hirten, General Manager-Commercial Strategy. The new structure continues to focus on distributor alignment, with Jones primarily responsible for the company’s relationship with Breakthru Beverage Group and Martignetti Companies, and with Frederick primarily responsible for its relationship with Young’s Market Company and Republic National Distributing Company. Hirten’s management of Commercial Strategy includes leadership of National Accounts, Analytics and New-to-Market teams.